Mary spotted the side-wheeler T.J. Potter at anchor awaiting the tide. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
At last the side-wheeler "Sadie" was to leave for Nome, and what a commotion!. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
The legs are used the same as paddles on a side-wheeler, as in the illustration. From Wordnik.com. [Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old] Reference
Along with the side-wheeler, fishing vessels and lumber barges crowded the harbor. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
She was a side-wheeler, with a thin raking funnel, and was square-rigged on her fore-mast, fore-and-aft on her mizzen. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Marsh's career and company is saved, and he is soon the captain of the Fevre Dream, the greatest side-wheeler to ever run the river. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
"There comes a side-wheeler," I exclaimed, raising my arms upward in a slanting position, as a big liner from Yokohama entered the channel. From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks] Reference
That was probably the coastal side-wheeler to Yllith, the enormous island which stood a-thwart the Upper Bay, barring the Gulf of Sfath as a whole from the equatorial sea. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Conscience]
After opening his first casino aboard his side-wheeler, the President, in Davenport in 1991, he took President Casinos Inc. public and later opened additional gambling boats in St. Louis and Biloxi, Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Restless Entrepreneur Spawned Empire, From Gambling Boats to Vatican Trinkets] Reference
It is the last remaining side-wheeler paddle steamer operating in. From Wordnik.com. [Transit Toronto - Weblog] Reference
She was a side-wheeler, and appeared to be a very handsome vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting for the Right] Reference
She was a side-wheeler, of course, but her paddle boxes stood as high as houses. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Seekers of '49] Reference
Beside this was an ungainly side-wheeler with scarce a line of beauty to commend it. From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
Discuss the difference between a screw-steamship and a side-wheeler; a ship and a schooner. From Wordnik.com. [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference
As it came nearer it was seen that she was a side-wheeler, and was evidently crowding on all steam. From Wordnik.com. [Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870] Reference
And it was as high now as was good for this old-fashioned side-wheeler with her old-time single engine. From Wordnik.com. [Wide Courses] Reference
"I see the progress all right," replied he, "but I am afraid I do not know much about Fulton and his side-wheeler.". From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
There we landed, on the right bank of the Mississippi, and later boarded a big side-wheeler destined for Cairo, which stopped to take us on. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
When we reflect that she was a wooden side-wheeler, not much larger than one of our tugboats, we marvel that she ever put in her appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
"Certainly there are better looking steamships than this one," Steve returned, pointing with a shrug of his shoulders at the clumsy side-wheeler. From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
Although iron ships had gradually replaced wooden ones the side-wheeler was still in vogue, no better method of locomotion having been discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
The Snapper was quite a small craft, and looked like an old vessel; for she was a side-wheeler, though she had evidently been built for a sea-going craft. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting for the Right] Reference
The side-wheeler tied up at Ak-Bash for the night, and it was not until the middle of the next morning that it was decided that she should cross and leave her wounded at Lapsaki instead of going on up to. From Wordnik.com. [Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them] Reference
Stephen strolled over to the mantelpiece and stood before the model of the quaint side-wheeler that had held his attention at the time of his first visit; then he stole a furtive glance at the man in the big chair. From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
A side-wheeler with a single-footer is proof of degeneracy. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen] Reference
"Do you think I'm going to let this side-wheeler shipwreck me?. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
It was only two years ago when that Lydian side-wheeler got her back snapped on the breakwater. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Order War]
A side-wheeler for a screw-propeller. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks] Reference
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